Senior Developer Advocate

Runpod Inc

$150K — $200K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Experience in developer relations, advocacy, community building, or technical roles with customer engagement.
  • Willingness to attend in-person events and conferences regularly.
  • Public speaking skills for engaging with developers about technical products.
  • Technical credibility to build and demo on the platform and engage in deep technical discussions.
  • Active involvement in developer communities.
  • Strong writing ability to create engaging content that resonates with audiences.
  • Successful completion of a background check.

Responsibilities

  • Produce engaging demos, blogs, videos, and webinars with a focus on developer engagement.
  • Deliver impactful talks at developer conferences while fostering strong connections with attendees.
  • Develop tools and plugins that enhance the developer experience and measure their adoption.
  • Design scalable programs focused on content, events, and community for enduring impact.
  • Engage consistently with the developer community to gather insights and support product development.

Benefits

  • Competitive base salary between $150,000 - $200,000, based on experience and qualifications.
  • Equity options in a rapidly growing company, aligning personal impact with company growth.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with full coverage for employees.
  • Flexible paid time off to recharge whenever needed.
  • Remote-first workplace culture with collaborative communication through Slack.
  • Home office stipend of $1,200 to set up an optimal work environment.
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
  • Produce demos, technical blog posts, videos, and webinars on a consistent cadence, partnering with engineering for technical depth while owning the final output. Success means high-quality content that drives developer awareness, sign-ups, and activation.
  • Deliver talks at developer and AI developer conferences, and build relationships with organizers and attendees.
  • Build tooling, extensions, and plugins that improve the developer experience on Runpod, and instrument them so the impact is measurable. Success means shipped tools with real adoption that reduce friction and drive downstream product usage.
  • Design and run programs that scale our core pillars: content, events, and community, so impact compounds over time. Success means repeatable, durable systems rather than one-off efforts.
  • Show up consistently where developers are, build genuine relationships, and surface insights to Product and other relevant teams. Success means deep community presence that generates inbound interest and shapes product direction.

Requirements:
  • Experience in developer relations, developer advocacy, community, solutions engineering, customer success, or another customer-facing technical role
  • The ability to regularly attend events and conferences in person
  • Able to speak publicly on behalf of a developer facing product
  • Technically credible, you can build and demo real things on the platform and hold a deep technical conversation without a script.
  • Already active in developer communities
  • A strong written voice, with recaps and posts that make people who weren't in the room feel like they missed something
  • Successful completion of a background check

Preferred:
  • Experience speaking at meetups or developer events
  • The ability to create videos with a high level of technical depth
  • Familiarity with AI libraries and frameworks, agent frameworks, or ML infrastructure and GPU workloads

What You'll Receive:
  • The competitive base pay for this position ranges from $150,000 - $200,000. This salary range may be inclusive of several career levels at Runpod and will be narrowed during the interview process based on a number of factors, including the candidate's experience, qualifications, and location
  • Meaningful equity in a fast-growing company- everyone on the team receives stock options - your impact drives our growth, and you share in the upside.
  • Generous medical, dental & vision plans - we cover 100% for all employees and partial for dependents.
  • Flexible PTO- take the time you need to recharge
  • Most roles are remote work first with an inclusive, collaborative teams utilizing slack as the main form of internal communication
  • Join a passionate team on the cutting edge of AI infrastructure - where culture, learning, and ownership are at the heart of how we scale.
  • $1,200 Home Office & Equipment Stipend-We set you up for success from day one with gear and support to create your ideal workspace

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